EDUCATION

Finally, Ofsted’s New Head Admits One of the Main Problems With British Schools is Ofsted Itself

New Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver recently admitted that Ofsted itself is one of the key problems facing teachers today. Too right, says ex-teacher Steven Tucker: what it calls 'good' is often nothing of the sort.
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Keir Starmer’s Claims About Labour’s Private Schools Tax Hike Don’t Add Up

Keir Starmer has claimed Labour's policy of slapping 20% VAT on private schooling will raise £1.7bn in tax revenue. But no evidence supports that claim because it fails to allow for pupils leaving for the state sector.
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Charter Schools Will Desert And Violate Thousands In 2024

Privately-operated charter schools have been around for 32 years. They fail and close every week, abandoning and harming hundreds of parents, students, teachers, education support staff, and principals. Neoliberals cynically call this “free market accountability.” These closures, moreover, are often sudden and abrupt, revealing deep problems and instability in the charter school sector. Parents, students, […]

Campus Free Speech

Some violent expressions against Jews occurred during the campus demonstrations that criticized U.S. policy of fortifying Israel’s post-October 7 attacks in Gaza. These expressions came from obvious identification of Jews with Israel’s violent attacks; after all, Israel claims to be a Jewish state and a great number of Jews in the United States support what […]
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WATCH: Open Source Education – #SolutionsWatch

We all know the problem’s with the public miseducation system. But what’s the answer? Corbett in the Classroom, of course! Join James Corbett as he explores his new page, OpenSourceEducation.online, and talks about the inspiration for this idea (and the guerrilla marketing campaign that is accompanying it) with Ernest Hancock of FreedomsPhoenix.com. Sources, shownotes and …

Why Are Intellectuals Divorced from Working People?

This article is a transcript of a presentation for a panel on the subject, hosted by the International Manifesto Group, the Critical Theory Workshop, and the Midwestern Marx Institute, with other presentations from Gabriel Rockhill, Radhika Desai, Glenn Diesen, and Noah Khrachvik. ​The question we are exploring today, concerning the divorce of intellectuals and the […]